Media Releases

The 2008 National Apology to the Stolen Generations, delivered four years ago, was a great achievement but it showed us how much work is still to be done, say three noted writers on issues affecting Indigenous people.

The Hon. Graham West, Chief Executive of St Vincent de Paul NSW and former NSW Minister for Juvenile Justice, will launch the Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2011–2012 Social Justice Statement on Wednesday 14th September. The respondent will be Mrs Margaret Wiseman of the Prison Chaplaincy of the Archdiocese of Sydney.

There is an urgent need to create more jobs in remote communities if the Government is to meet its 2018 target of halving the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous employment, says Bishop Christopher Saunders.

The announcement of the construction of a 1500-bed detention centre on the outskirts of Darwin reveals once more Australia's 'hard-hearted' response to asylum seekers, says the Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC).